Dollars & Sense
Financially Speaking
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“The support in the market is just growing confidence in the economy’s resilience. I think investors may be concluding that the economy has actually avoided a recession – which is a position that we’ve taken for quite some time.”
Whew! Glad That’s Over With…
It seems that we may be in the midst of a good ole stock market correction. A correction is when a stock market index loses 10% or of its value...
When Financial Plan Go Awry
A recent article in Financial Planning (June, 2015) pointed out that some advisors spend decades working with their client’s plan for retirement,...
Auto Enrollment
For many decades, companies provided pension plans for their employees’ retirement. There were no papers to fill out to participate; you were...
Beyond My Control Or Lessons Learned
The month of October 2014 proves an insightful lesson for investors. Beginning the last 10 days of September, the S&P 500 stock index started to...
Insanity
The often quoted definition of insanity is when we do something over and over again expecting different results. A recent Wall St. Journal article...
The First Time…Ever
From the Wall Street Journal, August 27, 2014: The S&P 500 Index notched its first-ever close above 2000 on Tuesday. It took 16 years to gain...
The Amazing Rise Of The Oil Phoenix
On Wednesday, June 25, 2014, The Wall St. Journal reported that the way had been cleared for the first export of unrefined American oil in nearly...
Financial Somebody
In recent weeks, I have spent several hours of drive time traveling to conferences in Dallas and Nashville. I passed my time listening to Sirius...
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Recent tensions between Russia and Ukraine have once again brought fears of a market calamity to investors. In part that fear is fueled by the...
Headwinds
Several years ago the Boston Globe invited me to make a presentation at an annual public event. I thought it was a good time to take my family on a...
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